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Bed⋅ou⋅in

  [bed-oo-in, bed-win] noun, plural -ins, (especially collectively) -in, adjective
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–noun
1. an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
2. a nomad; wanderer.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Bedouin.
Also, Beduin.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME Bedoyn < MF beduyn < Ar badawī desert-dweller (badw desert + -ī suffix of appurtenance)

Related forms:
Bed⋅ou⋅in⋅ism, noun
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Word Origin & History

Bedouin 
c.1400, from Fr. bedouin, from Ar. badawin "desert-dwellers," pl. of badawi, from badw "desert, camp." A word from the Crusades, it probably was lost and then reborrowed from Fr. in 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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